Summary

  • Irish Premiership fixtures

  • FT: Dungannon Swifts 0-1

  • McClean curls in late winner for Blues

  • FT: Carrick Rangers 1-3 Cliftonville (15:00 BST)

  • Teenager Hawthorne scores on first Carrick start and McClelland heads home leveller before Quinn turns game around for Reds and McMaster adds fine third with free-kick

  • FT: Crusaders 1-2 Limavady United (15:00 BST)

  • Philip Lowry and McGonigle net against former club before Dunlop pulls one back

  • FT: Glentoran 1-1 Bangor (15:00 BST)

  • Francis gives visitors shock lead and Douglas equalises

  • FT: Portadown 0-2 Larne (15:00 BST)

  • Cosgrove capitalises on early error to score before O'Hara sees red and Graham adds second

  1. As it standspublished at 14:16 BST 12 September

    Saturday 12 September

    Here is a look at the Irish Premiership table ahead of today's five matches.

    Irish PremiershipImage source, BBC Sport
  2. Highlights: Coleraine extend lead at top with derby winpublished at 14:12 BST 12 September

    Fri result: Coleraine 3-2 Ballymena United

    Watch highlights from the opening Irish Premiership match of the weekend.

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    Highlights: Coleraine 3-2 Ballymena United

  3. What the managers said follow last night's matchpublished at 14:08 BST 12 September

    Fri result: Coleraine 3-2 Ballymena United

    Coleraine manager Ruaidhri Higgins: "It was a rollercoaster and certainly was not our best performance of the season.

    "Even after the first half, we went in 2-0 at half-time and I did not think we were brilliant.

    "However, there are different ways to win a game and to have the courage and bravery to go from 2-0 up, to be pegged back to 2-2 in a derby and to have the courage and bravery to go and win the game.

    "The crowd were unbelievable, particularly behind the goal and we got it over the line. We should have gone on and scored a fourth. On the whole, it is a fantastic win."

    Ruaidhri HigginsImage source, Pacemaker Press

    Ballymena manager Oran Kearney: "Disappointing to take nothing from the game. We find ourselves in a tough position at half-time but show a lot of character to get back into the game.

    "There are massive parts of our game that we are pleased with but, again, the suck-punch at the end is hard to take.

    "I said it to the lads in there, if we keep doing what we are doing, we will be OK."

    Oran KearneyImage source, Pacemaker Press
  4. Coleraine win five-goal thriller against Ballymenapublished at 14:04 BST 12 September

    Fri result: Coleraine 3-2 Ballymena United

    Aidan Wilson headed home with five minutes to go to extend Coleraine's lead at the top of the Irish Premiership and seal a 3-2 derby win over Ballymena United in a five-goal thriller at the Showgrounds.

    It was a game of two halves as Matthew Shevlin's close-range finish and a Jay Henderson screamer seemingly had the hosts well in control at the break.

    But the Sky Blues responded in the second half with James Hood reducing the arrears on 54 minutes before Chris McKee drew the sides level from the spot with 10 minutes to go.

    It was anyone's game after that but, much to the Bannsiders' relief, it was Wilson who won it as he headed in Ben Doherty's corner.

    Read the full report here.

    Aidan Wilson celebratingImage source, Inpho
  5. Action-packed Saturday aheadpublished at 14:00 BST 12 September

    Hello and welcome to our live text commentary of today's five Irish Premiership matches.

    Among the four 15:00 BST kick-offs, Portadown will aim to register their first points of the season when they welcome unbeaten Larne to Shamrock Park.

    Elsewhere, Carrick and Cliftonville, who both have registered nine points in their opening five games, meet at Taylors Avenue.

    At the Oval, Glentoran will hope they can bounce back after back-to-back defeats as they host Bangor, who still await their first win of the season.

    Meanwhile, Declan Caddell's Crusaders and newly promoted Limavady United will both try to respond after defeats last week.

    In the 18:00 BST kick-off, in-form teams Dungannon Swifts and Linfield both put their four-game unbeaten runs on the line when they meet at Stangmore Park.

    You can follow live text updates and in-play clips right here as well as live audio of Radio Ulster's Sportsound. We will also have reports, highlights and reaction throughout the day, so you won't miss a thing!

    Thanks for joining us. Enjoy!

    Linfield celebrateImage source, Pacemaker